Corporate Greed

The disgusting and miserable state of corporate greed as shown by Enron, WorldCom and God knows how many other companies shows us where we need to launch another "war" so that the lives of normal people and good employees are not torn apart. How awful that the people who suffer most when a stock goes from $65 to 80 cents are usually ones who don't have millions of dollars to fall back on. The actions by these greedy, profit-driven "leaders" of various companies make me sick, and they should be held criminally...

The Writers Guild of America East has reached out to MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow , Lawrence O'Donnell, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz and Chris Hayes to push for its unionization bid at Peacock Prods. Reps of the guild deliver more than 10,000 petition signatures to the hosts, noting that parent Comcast /NBCUniversal has opposed the unionization effort for two years. WGA East exec director Lowell Peterson repeated last week's assertion by the guild that Comcast...

There used to be a time when baseball rain delays lasted no more than two hours. Games were then postponed out of consideration for the fans and players. But on Labor Day, the Cubs' 4-hour, 15-minute rain delay--followed by a game played with relatively few fans still present--demonstrated what matters now: money. The Cubs should be ashamed of this blatant demonstration of their corporate greed.

By John Shiffman, Mark Hosenball and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate greed. Throughout the eight years that Snowden worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency contractors, he posted hundreds of messages on a public Internet forum...

It is clear who has earned our vote for President. It is the man who helped bring back our economy from the brink of disaster, and helped the banking and auto industries recover (which saved millions of jobs). It is not the man who assisted corporations destroy towns and cities by closing factories and other industries and sending the jobs overseas -- all to enhance corporate greed. The choice is easy: President Barack Obama has earned a second term. He inherited this mess from the Grand Old Party.

Fox Searchlight's "The East" takes on Wall Street, and at the May 20 premiere in Gotham, the cast and creatives were also unafraid of criticizing that bastion of greed gone wild. "The whole idea behind the film is that corporations are above the law almost," pic's Alexander Skarsgard said at the Landmark Sunshine Cinemas. "It doesn't matter if you are Democrat or Republican, everyone is frustrated with the political system and the lack of accountability and power." ...

I learned in the May 6 Tribune that Toyota has rented Millennium Park for Sept. 8, closing it to public access. I was assured online, however, that "The online park tour [is] always open." Everywhere you turn our public life is being hocked to the highest bidder. Our athletic stadiums, our city contracts, our public celebrations, even our high schools are dominated by advertising and corporate greed. And now even our public gardens can be hijacked by a multibillion-dollar corporation for the day. But we...

This is in response to "Tribune Watchdog: Divorce court weds power and privacy; Well-connected politicians, prominent lawyers keep their family matters secret with consent of judges in Domestic Relations Division. " The article conveniently ignores two facts: it's not illegal, and it's none of your business. — Charles Waterman, Darien Hidden divorces I have been noticing recently a troubling trend in your Tribune Watchdog series. Your writers seem to cast all instances of people knowing...

By Carl Rosen, President, District 11, United Electrical Workers | March 19, 1996

The addition of 705,000 new jobs in February--much higher than anticipated--caused the Dow Jones industrial average to plummet. On the other hand, enormous layoffs result in stock gains. Corporations want a slowing economy that cuts interest rates and keeps wages down. The result is the maintenance of substantial unemployment and underemployment. This excess supply of labor weakens workers' bargaining position and continues downward pressure on wages. It is in the interest of big business to have laws...

It is clear who has earned our vote for President. It is the man who helped bring back our economy from the brink of disaster, and helped the banking and auto industries recover (which saved millions of jobs). It is not the man who assisted corporations destroy towns and cities by closing factories and other industries and sending the jobs overseas -- all to enhance corporate greed. The choice is easy: President Barack Obama has earned a second term. He inherited this mess from the Grand Old Party.

Fox Searchlight's "The East" takes on Wall Street, and at the May 20 premiere in Gotham, the cast and creatives were also unafraid of criticizing that bastion of greed gone wild. "The whole idea behind the film is that corporations are above the law almost," pic's Alexander Skarsgard said at the Landmark Sunshine Cinemas. "It doesn't matter if you are Democrat or Republican, everyone is frustrated with the political system and the lack of accountability and power." ...

* Occupy groups working in several cities * Foreclosure crisis inspires middle class * Some banks cooperate, wanting to avoid publicity By Nick Carey April 9 (Reuters) - Mercedes Robinson-Duvallon turned 83 in February, but there was little time for celebration. On her birthday, as she sat in a wheelchair recovering from surgery, sheriffs' deputies arrived to evict her from the Miami home where she has lived since 1966. A year earlier...

The Writers Guild of America East has reached out to MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow , Lawrence O'Donnell, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz and Chris Hayes to push for its unionization bid at Peacock Prods. Reps of the guild deliver more than 10,000 petition signatures to the hosts, noting that parent Comcast /NBCUniversal has opposed the unionization effort for two years. WGA East exec director Lowell Peterson repeated last week's assertion by the guild that Comcast...

The janjaweed militia charged into Hayffa Ahmed's village in Sudan's Darfur region on horseback, rifles raised, swords glinting. First they killed Ahmed's grandfather, the village chief. Janjaweed warriors, allies of the Sudanese government, "continued to kill everyone," Ahmed, 30, said softly in Arabic. "They used guns, clubs, swords -- anything to be able to kill or hurt human beings. For some people, they tied them behind their horses and pulled them until they died in the...

By John Shiffman, Mark Hosenball and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate greed. Throughout the eight years that Snowden worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency contractors, he posted hundreds of messages on a public Internet forum...